Project Description
Lewis D’Vorkin
Lewis D’Vorkin is Forbes Media’s Chief Product Officer, responsible for the company’s digital and print platforms, including Forbes.com, Forbes magazine, mobile apps and video. All product, editorial and design operations report to Mr. D’Vorkin. A seasoned journalist and entrepreneur, Mr. D’Vorkin was founder and CEO of True/Slant, an original content digital news network that Forbes Media invested in and acquired in 2010. He was the Executive Editor of Forbes magazine from 1996 to 2000. Prior to his startup, he was Senior Vice President, Programming at AOL, where he oversaw the Welcome Screen, News, Sports, Network Programming and helped launch TMZ.com. Previously, Mr. D’Vorkin was Page One Editor of The Wall Street Journal, a Senior Editor at Newsweek and an editor at The New York Times.
DAY 2 - MOBILISING MOBILE
14.00 – 14.30
How To Invest Intelligently Into Mobile Content and Adapt To Consumer Behaviours
Today, publishers are faced with rethinking news for mobile consumers. Over 50% of Forbes.com’s traffic comes from a mobile device. Mobile requires newsrooms to think about story development in vastly different ways, as well as creating a unique mobile experience that is tailored to how users consume content. Lewis D’Vorkin, Chief Product Officer at Forbes Media, will discuss new presentations for mobile content and how to create a new kind of newsroom for mobile content experiences.